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title: His mate: "So the only games that count are the ones you win? Love t… — The football argument that goes in cir… · tree and pragmatics
description: His mate: "So the only games that count are the ones you win? Love that for you, bro." What would happen if every team counted like Jamal? Test 2 · ★★★ of lesson 170 «The football argument that goes in circles» of the world course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of 
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# Test 2 · ★★★ · The football argument that goes in circles

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His mate: "So the only games that count are the ones you win? Love that for you, bro." What would happen if every team counted like Jamal?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** only games, mate · **What happens:** count, be, win, happen · **To what, where:** ones, team

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This is test 2 · ★★★ of lesson 170 «The football argument that goes in circles» of the world course of Mova's primary school. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: [the test at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/world/170-the-football-argument-that-goes-in-circles/#t2).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* His mate: "So the only games that count are the ones you win?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:170-the-football-argument-that-goes-in-circles:t2:1
# text = His mate: "So the only games that count are the ones you win?
1	His	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	13	punct	_	_
4	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	So	so	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	only	only	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	games	game	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	nsubj	_	_
9	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	10	nsubj	_	_
10	count	count	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	acl:relcl	_	_
11	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	cop	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	ones	one	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	nsubj	_	_
14	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	15	nsubj	_	_
15	win	win	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	15	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **count** *in a quote* | present | the only games |  |  |  |  |  | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus |
| 2 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | the only games | the ones |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **win** *in a quote* | present | His mate |  |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.

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*Sentence 2:* Love that for you, bro."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:170-the-football-argument-that-goes-in-circles:t2:2
# text = Love that for you, bro."
1	Love	love	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
2	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	4	nsubj	_	_
3	for	for	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	1	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	bro	bro	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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*Sentence 3:* What would happen if every team counted like Jamal?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:170-the-football-argument-that-goes-in-circles:t2:3
# text = What would happen if every team counted like Jamal?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	happen	happen	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
5	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	6	det	_	_
6	team	team	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	counted	count	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	acl	_	_
8	like	like	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	Jamal	Jamal	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **happen** | would |  | every team |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **count** | participle |  | every team *not said here* |  |  |  | like Jamal | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Nobody would ever win a match

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:170-the-football-argument-that-goes-in-circles:t2:o1:1
# text = Nobody would ever win a match
1	Nobody	nobody	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	4	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	4	advmod	_	_
4	win	win	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	match	match	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **win** | would | Nobody | a match |  |  | ever |  | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent match=Eventuality |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Every team in the world would "always win"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:170-the-football-argument-that-goes-in-circles:t2:o2:1
# text = Every team in the world would "always win"
1	Every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	2	det	_	_
2	team	team	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	world	world	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
7	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	9	advmod	_	_
9	win	win	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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Only Jamal's team would always win

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:170-the-football-argument-that-goes-in-circles:t2:o3:1
# text = Only Jamal's team would always win
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
2	Jamal	Jamal	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	team	team	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
5	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
6	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	7	advmod	_	_
7	win	win	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **win** | would | Jamal's team |  |  |  |  | always *property* | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The league table would be fair, because everyone would count the same way

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:170-the-football-argument-that-goes-in-circles:t2:o4:1
# text = The league table would be fair, because everyone would count the same way
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	league	league	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	table	table	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
4	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	cop	_	_
6	fair	fair	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
8	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
9	everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	11	nsubj	_	_
10	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
11	count	count	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	parataxis	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | would | the league table |  |  |  |  | fair *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **count** | would | everyone | the same way |  |  |  |  | vn multiply-108 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent way=Theme |

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